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circumaural
adjective
surround, Surrounding the pinna, pinnae or external ears, as in circumaural headphones.
1969:
John Donald Harris,
An Efficient monaural procedure for the psychoacoustic calibration of earphones
http://books.google.com/books?vid=02e6_CksRpJB_JD3isTs&id=M8R6hGHG3xQC&q=circumaural&dq=circumaural&pgis=1
: They adjusted with a-dB step attenuator the loudness of one of two earphones to equality with a standard WE 705A ear-phone set at 40 dB...
1973:
Richard F. Thompson, Michael M. Patterson,
Bioelectric Recording Techniques
http://books.google.com/books?vid=LCCN73021761&id=SlUJAAAAIAAJ&q=circumaural+date:1500-1980&dq=circumaural+date:1500-1980&pgis=1
:First, they are usually connected by a headband and it can be difficult to place the headband or the cushion so as not to rest on a scalp...
1999:
Tamara T. Sowell, Bruce B. Blasch, Gale Watson,
Low Vision And Blindness: Research And Development
http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN075670202X&id=BpEhcOyafsIC&pg=PA317&lpg=PA317&dq=circumaural&as_brr=1&sig=rWmckcYh-KLCVXyDVdj3tedGcHU
:For the first two experiments, sounds were presented through canal (insert) earphones...; for the third experiment, earphones...were employed.
Etymology:
From Latin, "around the ears".
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